OSHA Inspection: BUILDTECH LIMITED

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $3,563

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(c): Containers used for garbage and other oily, flammable, or hazardous wastes, such as caustics, acids, harmful dusts, etc. did not have covers:    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to provide covered containers or perform suitable bagging for the disposal of hazardous or harmful material such as but not limited to, lead contaminated dust. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead while performing cleanup activities where dry expendable abrasives are used.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(c)(1): The employer did not ensure that no employees were exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 ug/m3) averaged over an 8-hour period:    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to ensure employees eight hour time weight averages for occupational exposures to lead was less than 0.05 mg/m3. An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, housekeeping, was overexposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(e)(1): Where all feasible engineering and work practice controls that could be instituted were not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the permissible exposure limit, the employer did not fully use such controls to reduce employee exposure to the lowest feasible level and supplement them by the use of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of 29 CFR 1926.62(f):    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to implement engineering and work practice controls to reduce employees eight hour time weight averages for occupational exposures to lead at or below OSHAs permissible exposure limit. An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, housekeeping, was overexposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(i): Each employer who had a workplace or operation covered by 29 CFR 1926.62 did not initially determine if any employee was exposed to lead at or above the action level of 30 micrograms per cubic meter of air (30 ug/m3) calculated as an 8-hour time-weighted average (TWA):    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to initially determine if any employee may be exposed to lead at or above OSHAs action limit.  An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, housekeeping, was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHAs PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%.  A second employee performing the same activities was exposed to lead at an eight hour timed weighted average of 0.0496 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA action limit of 0.03 mg/m3 by 165%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not collect personal samples representative of a full shift, including at least one sample for each job classification in each work area, either for each shift or for the shift with the highest exposure level:    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer did not collect personal samples representative of full shift monitoring for each job classification in each work area.  Approximately ten employees of Buildtech were onsite performing various jobs such as, but not limited to, housekeeping, construction of temporary walls, roof work, and constructing wooden floors. No initial monitoring was completed to determine employees exposure to lead. Employees were exposed to hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(ii): When the employer had any reason to believe that employee(s) had been exposed to lead in excess of the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) while performing a task not listed in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required by 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and documented that the employee's lead exposure was not above the PEL, the employer did not treat the employee as if the employee was exposed above the PEL and did not implement employee protective measures as prescribed in 29 CFR 19126.62(d)(2)(v):    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to treat employees as if they were exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit and implement protective measures to protect employees from exposure to lead when initial exposure assessments were not completed.  An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, housekeeping, was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHAs PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%.  Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(A): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with appropriate respiratory protection in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(f):    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to provide appropriate respiratory protection until an employee exposure assessment had been completed.  An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, housekeeping, was exposed to lead at an eight hour timed weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%.  A second employee performing the same activities was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0496 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA action limit of 0.03 mg/m3 by 165%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(f)(1)(iv): Respirators were not used during periods when respirators were required to provide interim protection for employees while they performed the operations specified in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2):    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to provide employees with respirators to provide interim protection while employees performed cleanup activities where dry expendable abrasives were present.  An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, housekeeping, was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%.  A second employee performing the same activities was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0496 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA action limit of 0.03 mg/m3 by 165%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $3,563

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(B): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with appropriate personal protective clothing and equipment in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(g):    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to provide appropriate protective clothing such as, but not limited to, coveralls, until an employee exposure assessment had been completed.  An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, clean-up where dry expendable abrasives were present, was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%.  A second employee performing the same activities was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0496 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA action limit of 0.03 mg/m3 by 165%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(g)(1): Where employees were exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit, without regard to the use of respirators; where employees were exposed to lead compounds which may cause skin or eye irritation (e.g. lead arsenate, lead azide); and as interim protection for employees performing tasks as specified in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2), the employer did not provide at no cost to the employee and ensure that each employee used appropriate protective work clothing and equipment that prevented contamination of the employee and the employee's garments:    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to provide and assure employees performing cleanup activities of dust containing dry expendable abrasives wore protective work clothing that prevents the contamination of the employees' personal garments.  An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, housekeeping, was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%.  A second employee performing the same activities was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0496 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA action limit of 0.03 mg/m3 by 165%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(C): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with change areas in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.62(i)(2):    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to provide clean change areas for employees until an exposure assessment has been completed as interim protection.  An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, clean-up where dry expendable abrasives were present, was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%.  A second employee performing the same activities was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0496 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA action limit of 0.03 mg/m3 by 165%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(2)(i): The employer did not provide clean change areas for employees whose airborne exposure to lead was above the permissible exposure limit, without regard to the use of respirators:    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to provide clean change areas for employees whose airborne exposures to lead exceeded OSHAs permissible exposure limit. An employee performing cleanup activities on the first floor of the Berdan Building where dry expendable abrasives were present was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeds OSHAs PEL by 117%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $0 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(v)(E): Until the employer performed an employee exposure assessment as required under 29 CFR 1926.62(d) and determined actual employee exposure, the employer did not provide to employees performing the tasks described in 29 CFR 1926.62(d)(2)(i), (d)(2)(ii), (d)(2)(iii), and (d)(2)(iv) with biological monitoring in accordance with 1926.62(j)(1)(i), to consist of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels:    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to provide biological monitoring consisting of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels until an exposure assessment has been completed as interim protection. An employee performing activities such as, but not limited to, clean-up where dry expendable abrasives were present, was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0587 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA PEL of 0.05 mg/m3 by 117%.  A second employee performing the same activities was exposed to lead at an eight hour time weighted average of 0.0496 mg/m3, which exceeded the OSHA action limit of 0.03 mg/m3 by 165%. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(j)(1)(i): The employer did not make available initial medical surveillance, consisting of biological monitoring in the form of blood sampling and analysis for lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels, to employees occupationally exposed on any day to lead at or above the action level:    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to make available initial medical surveillance to employees occupationally exposed to lead at or above the action level. Employees performing cleanup activities on the first floor of the Berdan Building where dry expendable abrasives were present were exposed to hazards associated with lead in that employees eight hour time weighted averages to occupational exposure to lead exceeded OSHAs action limit by approximately 195% and 165%.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,563 · Current $2,874 Reduced

Hazardous substances 1591

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.62(i)(4)(ii): The employer did not ensure that lunchroom facilities or eating areas were as free as practicable from lead contamination:    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to assure that easting areas were maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead. Surface wipe sampling of surfaces revealed the presence of lead, cadmium, and arsenic in areas where employees eat and drink. Employees were exposed to lead and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with lead.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0490

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1127(k)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practical of accumulations of cadmium:    a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to ensure surfaces were maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of cadmium. Surface wipe sampling of surfaces revealed the presence of lead, cadmium, and arsenic in areas where employees eat and drink. Employees were exposed to cadmium and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with cadmium.

Issued

Oct 26, 2016

Abate by

Nov 7, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

Hazardous substances 0260

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1018(k)(1): All surfaces were not maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of inorganic arsenic:     a) Buildtech Limited, On or about June 16, 2016 at the address of 1 South Erie Street in Toledo, Ohio; the employer failed to ensure surfaces were maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of arsenic. Surface wipe sampling of surfaces revealed the presence of lead, cadmium, and arsenic in areas where employees eat and drink. Employees were exposed to arsenic and at risk of a serious illness from the hazards associated with arsenic.